Will a Roland GS-24 work with Flexi 8.1?

First off, this is for my mom who is in her 70's, so no suggestions of use the Roland CutStudio software or cut directly from CorelDraw. She isn't about to learn to use a new program, and I don't have the time/patience to teach her. She's been using Flexisign Pro for decades, first for someone else's shop, then at her own business for the last 10 years. Currently has a US Cutter MH, but it was starting to have issues, and this is her 3rd one. I decided to get her a quality machine, since it will mainly be cutting small decals, some with fine detail. Anyways, I read somewhere that the GS-24 would work with Flexi selecting the GX-24 as the output device in Production Manager. No such luck, although I swear it did run the file I sent(I hadn't installed the blade yet since I was just testing) when I swapped the USB cable to a different USB port on the PC. That was a one-time thing. I also don't want to tell her she needs to spend $600 a year for Flexi 19 just to use the new cutter i bought her. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm not new to this, I have been working for others and then myself using Flexi for 25 years now.

 

Yes. We have both been using it for years.

 

I wouldn't know how to set that up. I've only ever run plotters that we've had the .csm files for...

 

I just did a fresh re-install of Flexi on my PC. Now to take the new GS24 back from mom and try it out here. Her PC is already 'flaky' and I don't want to risk a major crash and keep her from being able to do anything. Her production manager is wonky, it only shows the print/cut dialog box. I could only add a new cutter by clicking Rip and Print(she doesn't have a printer), then choosing the vinyl cutter. Also had to try to make any changes to the setup by going through the cut/plot window. So it was a painstaking task, and led me to believe there is possibly just an issue with her Flexi install or some other windows glitch. As i said in the original post, someone somewhere said it would work, I thought it was here, but i couldn't find it again.

 

I'm going to pose another question here: Are there any new servo motor cutters out there that will work from Flexi 8.1? I still have time to return the GS24.